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<blockquote data-quote="Retired Educator" data-source="post: 221116" data-attributes="member: 3373">SinceI am retired and have been through most of the concerns many of you have perhaps I can add some thoughts. 1) make sure your family time is quality time more than quantity. There will never be enough. 2) Kids will have their own activities. Enjoy those activities with them, that counts as family time.3) There is nothing wrong with a good job and making a living. At some point you're going to want to retire comfortably and enjoy your grandkids. That's also part of life. 4) Make sure the time you are spending with your kids id doing things they are interested in, not trying to make them enjoy what you want to do. kids have shorter attention spans.5) One big advantage those of us my age had was I WAS OLDER THAN THOSE MOST OF YOU KNOW STARTING YOUR FAMILIES BEFORE ANYONE HAD HEARD OF CELL PHONES. If I wasn't at home, I could not take a call to come in for work. Now, at least I can look at who is calling to determine if I want to answer, sometimes my phone accidentally is in an area with no signal or the battery is dead. Modern conveniences are not as convenient as claimed.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Retired Educator, post: 221116, member: 3373"] SinceI am retired and have been through most of the concerns many of you have perhaps I can add some thoughts. 1) make sure your family time is quality time more than quantity. There will never be enough. 2) Kids will have their own activities. Enjoy those activities with them, that counts as family time. 3) There is nothing wrong with a good job and making a living. At some point you're going to want to retire comfortably and enjoy your grandkids. That's also part of life. 4) Make sure the time you are spending with your kids id doing things they are interested in, not trying to make them enjoy what you want to do. kids have shorter attention spans. 5) One big advantage those of us my age had was [B]I WAS OLDER THAN THOSE MOST OF YOU KNOW STARTING YOUR FAMILIES BEFORE ANYONE HAD HEARD OF CELL PHONES[/B]. If I wasn't at home, I could not take a call to come in for work. Now, at least I can look at who is calling to determine if I want to answer, sometimes my phone accidentally is in an area with no signal or the battery is dead. Modern conveniences are not as convenient as claimed. [/QUOTE]

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